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Elizabeth Stivison
Articles by Elizabeth Stivison
Outreach
How to get involved in science outreach
1/8/2021
Our academic careers columnist writes about how students, postdocs and professors can get involved in the essential work of outreach while keeping their day jobs.
Jobs
How PIs pick postdocs
12/18/2020
Our academic careers columnist talked to lab leaders about their hiring processes.
Professional Development
Get and keep a handle on the literature
11/27/2020
Whether you're new to the field or trying to do a better job of staying up to date, these tools and techniques will help.
Jobs
Cold emails: a pandemic-friendly way to find a postdoc position
11/6/2020
Cold emailing, or sending an email to someone you don’t know, can be a little stressful, but now that face-to-face meetings are limited, it's a crucial skill.
Life in the Lab
What to consider during your Ph.D. rotations
10/16/2020
Choosing the right lab doesn't hinge on the science alone. Find out what other factors you should weigh before making this important decision.
Jobs
What exactly is a chalk talk?
9/25/2020
Three new professors share their experiences with careers columnist Elizabeth Stivison.
Funding
Private funding for early-career researchers
9/4/2020
Careers columnist Elizabeth Stivison explores funding available from foundations, nonprofits and other private entities.
Funding
Funding for Ph.D. students, postdocs and early-career researchers
8/14/2020
These are grants that can fund your training and set you up for a career as an independent, tenure-track investigator.
Jobs
Being a professor at a PUI
7/24/2020
Careers columnist Elizabeth Stivison talked to professors at PUIs about how they prepared for careers that center teaching, how they incorporate and pay for research, and what they look for in job applicants.
Life in the Lab
How can labs reopen safely?
7/3/2020
Labs are trying to reopen and get back to research while not spreading COVID-19. Great goal, but how do we do that?
Professional Development
Neurodiversity: How to make your lab more inclusive (part 2)
6/17/2020
Careers columnist Elizabeth Stivison completes a two-part series for principal investigators who want to make their labs more inclusive to neurodiverse members.
Professional Development
Neurodiversity: How to make your lab more inclusive (part 1)
5/22/2020
Careers columnist Elizabeth Stivison begins a two-part series for principal investigators who want to make their labs more inclusive to neurodiverse members.
Jobs
Academic job exploration: the core facility manager
5/1/2020
Careers columnist Elizabeth Stivison interviewed Theresa Swayne, the manager of the confocal and specialized microscopy core facility at Columbia University, to learn about her job.
Essay
A new city, a new job and a global pandemic
4/9/2020
Elizabeth Stivison and her dog, Milo, moved from New York City to Nashville Tennessee, for her postdoc at Vanderbilt University. Within weeks, she narrowly escaped a tornado and COVID-19 turned the world upside-down.
Jobs
Making the leap: How do PIs start their own labs?
3/20/2020
Careers columnist Elizabeth Stivison talked to PIs to learn how they started their labs — from where their ideas came from to the logistics of transitioning from postdoc to prof.
Journal News
From the journals: MCP
3/18/2020
New therapeutic targets for hyperactive mTOR, a SPEEDy way to prepare mass spec samples, and a new program to identify and validate citrullinated peptides. Read about these recent papers in the journal Molecular & Cellular Proteomics.
Professional Development
Up your presentation game
2/28/2020
These resources will help you give talks people want to listen to.
Jobs
Overview of academic research, teaching and other positions
2/7/2020
Our careers columnist investigated all the academic job titles she could find to understand what the options are for people looking to participate in research and teaching at colleges and universities.
Award
Yang follows the science where it takes her
2/5/2020
During her Ph.D., JBC/Tabor award winner Cindy Yang studied the health effects of astaxanthin, an antioxidant carotenoid compound found in algae.
Jobs
Taking vacations as a Ph.D. student
1/17/2020
"Was I essentially asking for a favor whenever I asked for days off? Or, conversely, was I an idiot by not taking advantage of this unusually free time in my life because I didn’t take vacations all the time?"
Journal News
From the journals: MCP
1/3/2020
Articles in the journal Molecular & Cellular Proteomics report peptide signatures for ID'g bacteria. the first evidence of phosphorylation in Francisella tularensis, how pathogenic phleboviruses bud and exit host cells, and more.
Jobs
Ups and downs of the adjunct faculty position
12/26/2019
Our careers columnist examines the pros and cons of the adjunct job: At times it can be a great choice, and at times it ends up being a bad deal.
Annual Meeting
Becoming an active citizen and scientist
12/1/2019
Ray Blind, a JLR junior associate editor, studies nonmembrane lipids and aims to help students who, like him, didn’t grow up in an elite academic world.
Jobs
How to find a postdoctoral research position
11/26/2019
Postdoctoral positions in many cases are a springboard for future independent research as an independent academic researcher, but you can move into industry or other careers afterward, too.
Jobs
Technicians and lab managers play essential roles in academic research labs
11/8/2019
Sometimes people think of a technician position as one you might take for a few years after college, and that can be the case for some people. However, senior technicians and lab managers can play important long-term roles in labs.
Award
Winding path leads to plant enzyme breakthrough
11/1/2019
Manajit Hayer–Hartl has won the 2020 ASBMB–Merck Award for her work synthesizing plant RuBisCo in E. coli.
Jobs
Academic jobs in the field of microbiology
10/16/2019
This careers column focuses on academic jobs available to study microbiology, the microbiome of the soil and water, and the symbiotic and pathogenic interactions of the microbiome with humans, plants, and animals.
Journal News
From the journals: October 2019
10/1/2019
What’s the role of ECM proteins in heart regeneration? How can an acid be converted to boost biofuel production? How does the “many ceramides” hypothesis lead to new tools for studying sphingolipid metabolism? Read about these questions and more.
Student Chapters
Biochem, with a side of advocacy
6/1/2019
As founder of the ASBMB Student Chapter at the College of New Jersey, Kelly McAleer turns her longstanding passion for science and science advocacy into action.
Award
Kuhlman solves protein puzzles with a modeling program
4/1/2019
The work of Brian Kuhlman can be described broadly as using computers and computational biology to model protein interactions. He uses the molecular modeling software Rosetta for protein interface design, antibody assembly and engineering photoactiv…
Annual Meeting
From art to proteomics: a path to science
3/1/2019
Jenn Abelin is one of four young investigators chosen by the editorial team of the journal Molecular & Cellular Proteomics to present their research at the ASBMB annual meeting.
Student Chapters
Student Chapter president sees value in campus groups
1/1/2019
Investigative and medical sciences major Victoria Mak balances a full load of classes and a boatload of extracurricular activities at St. Louis University.
Student Chapters
Chapter leader finds his niche
10/1/2018
Jacob Crosser, former president of the Purdue University ASBMB Student Chapter, started college thinking he wanted to study engineering, then he discovered biochemistry.